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California Lawmakers React to Los Angeles Riots Over ICE Immigration Raids

June 8, 2025 9:06 amJune 8, 2025 9:10 am

Protests turned into riots on Saturday in Los Angeles as the unrest over United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration raids grew, with Californian lawmakers speaking out against the federal response as well as backing the California National Guard...

Casualty Insurance for the Militia

April 2, 2025 2:30 amApril 2, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Military and Veterans Code, in Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 5, Article 3, provides for casualty insurance for the state’s militia. Section 340 states that whenever any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the California National Guard, the...

California’s Military Courts

February 23, 2025 2:30 amFebruary 23, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Military and Veterans Code, in Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 9, provides for military courts. Section 450 provides the military courts of this state are: (a) general courts-martial; (b) special courts-martial; (c) summary courts-martial; (d) courts of inquiry; and...

California’s Military Department

February 17, 2025 2:30 amFebruary 17, 2025 2:31 am

California has a Military Department in the Military and Veterans Code, Division 1, Chapter 1. Section 50 provides that there is in the State Government the Military Department. Section 51 specifies that the Military Department includes the office of the...

Governor Newsom Goes After Proposed Trump Tariffs While At Site Of New U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing

December 6, 2024 2:45 amDecember 6, 2024 2:46 am

During a speech at the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday in support of a new port of entry, California Governor Gavin Newsom went off on a tangent about President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs with Mexico, denouncing them as a “betrayal.”...

California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force Seizes nearly $4 Million Worth Of Fentanyl In June Following Ramping Up Of Actions

July 24, 2024 5:11 pmJuly 24, 2024 5:11 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that the California National Guard’s (Cal Guard) Counterdrug Task Force helped seize 1,068,219 fentanyl pills and 423 pounds of fentanyl powder in June, building off of a doubling employment of Cal Guard troops in...

Gov. Newsom More Than Doubles CalGuard’s Counterdrug Task Force to Aid in Fentanyl Crack Down

June 13, 2024 12:34 pmJune 13, 2024 12:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he would be more than doubling the number of California National Guard (CalGuard) troops being deployed across the state and at the border, from 155 members to 392. The goal is to further crack...